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Monday, October 7, 2013

IEEE Photonics Society Seminar: "Photonics
enables a microscope in a needle for imaging deep in tissue" by
Winthrop Prof. David D. Sampson

Friday, October 11, 2013 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Room 102

Winthrop Prof. David D. Sampson
The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Abstract:
Over the last decade, there has been great progress in applying optical
microscopy techniques to the human body in a medical setting. This push has
been led by optical coherence tomography (OCT), which is now in mainstream use
in ophthalmology and is gaining acceptance in cardiology.
In this talk, 3D microscopic imaging deep inside tissue using the OCT
microscope in a needle will be described. Needle delivery makes optical imaging
possible in many tissues previously inaccessible to optics. This talk will
describe the underpinning photonics and guided-wave optics design and
fabrication needed to make high-quality micro-imaging possible. Technical
advances such as realization of ultra-small needle probes, extended imaging
depth of focus, handheld micrometer-resolution tracking, and multimodality
needle probes combining OCT with fluorescence, and with elastography will be
presented. It will describe how such probes are built into photonic systems and
where they are applied, such as in breast cancer surgery, as well as how the
technology may evolve and where it may be applied in the future.

Biography:
Winthrop Professor Sampson is Director of the Centre for Microscopy,
Characterisation & Analysis, a core facility of the University of Western
Australia, and heads the Optical+Biomedical Engineering Laboratory (OBEL) in
the School of Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering. He directs the
Western Australian nodes of the Australian Microscopy & Microanalysis
Research Facility and Australia’s National Imaging Facility. He is a Fellow of
OSA and SPIE, and an Associate Editor of IEEE Photonics Journal, the IEEE
Transactions of Biomedical Engineering and on the editorial boards of the
Journal of Biomedical Optics and the journals Photonic Sensors and Photonics
& Lasers in Medicine.
W/Prof. Sampson’s research interests are in biomedical optical engineering,
with an emphasis on photonics, imaging and microscopy. His current main
interest, beyond advancing microscope-in-a-needle technology, is in optical
elastography – the imaging of tissue mechanical properties. His other interests
include anatomical optical coherence tomography for imaging in human airways,
and holographic microscopy.